PhotoInbox Adds Images to S60 Text Notifications

By Ed Hardy | 3/15/2009

PhotoInbox from MojosStudios is for those who are bored by the simple text notifications of incoming messages provided by their S60 smartphone. This application gives users a full-screen photo of the sender instead.

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Brighthand's Predictions for 2009

By Ed Hardy | 1/4/2009

Continuing a long Brighthand tradition, Ed Hardy has once again made some predictions for what's going to happen in the mobile market during the next twelve months.

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iPhone and iPod touch Software Development Tools Finally Coming Next Week

By Ed Hardy | 2/27/2008

Apple has just admitted it's going to miss its self-imposed February deadline to releasing the tools that developers will need to create of native programs for the iPhone and iPod touch, but not by much.

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Unbranded/Unlocked Treo 500 Coming Next Month

By Ed Hardy | 12/24/2007

This fall, Vodafone launched the Treo 500v, making it the first telecom to offer this Windows Mobile 6 Standard smartphone. In January, Palm, Inc. plans to release a version of this device that's not linked to any one telecom.

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The Coming 4G War

By Adama D. Brown | 12/19/2007

In his latest editorial, Adama Brown compares the standards that will be going head to head in the growing battle to be the preeminent wireless technology.

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Companies Working to Improve Compatibility of Mobile Linux Applications

By Ed Hardy | 12/10/2007

The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) has completed work on a standard that it hopes will bring cross compatibility to applications and services deployed on Linux-based phones.

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Treo 750 Without Carrier Branding Now Available

By Ed Hardy | 12/5/2007

Palm, Inc. is now offering an unlocked "generic" version of the Treo 750 that can be used with any telecom that uses the GSM standard.

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European iPhone Launch Now Imminent

By Adama D. Brown | 11/8/2007

The Apple iPhone is slated to see release in large parts of Europe starting this Friday, with three different carriers each having an exclusive on the device in a different country.

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Palm OS II Officially Bumped Back to 2009

By Ed Hardy | 10/25/2007

Palm, Inc.'s new chairman, Jon Rubinstein, has admitted that his company is 18 months away from launching smartphones running a new Linux-based operating system.

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The Good, The Bad, and the Just Plain Annoying

By Adama D. Brown | 10/12/2007

It's not unusual for customers dealing with their wireless carriers to get bad service, but in his latest editorial Adama Brown recounts an especially bad example, which causes him to wonder if there's something wrong with the whole industry.

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The European iPhone Will/Won't Have 3G

By Ed Hardy | 9/11/2007

Too many leaks have surfaced for there to be any real doubt that Apple intends to launch the iPhone in Europe later this year. But there is an area of major debate: whether this device will offer 3G cellular-wireless networking.

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iPhone Passes the One Million Mark

By Ed Hardy | 9/10/2007

Sometime yesterday, Apple reached a significant milestone: it sold its one millionth iPhone. This didn't happen as early as some had predicted, but it's well before Apple's own deadline.

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